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Opportunity blocks for Qatar Airways

For more than a year, Qatar Airways has been subject to a blockade imposed by its neighbours, but CEO Akbar al Baker believes the carrier can hold its own until normal service is resumed

High hopes for SkyTeam

The alliance has a new leader and aspirations to serve its members with further success

Florida: We have lift-off

Florida may be known for its theme parks and other tourist attractions, but when it comes to making the case for route development, the local airports prefer other powerful arguments

Boeing strikes joint venture partnership with Embraer

The deal, worth just shy of $5 billion, comes in response to Airbus’s partnership with Bombardier as both firms look to establish a foothold in the smaller jet market

Which? calls for transparency over airline phone booking surcharges

Of the airlines surveyed by Which?, only Jet2.com did not take a surcharge for booking via phone

EasyJet granted Atol licence for 185,000 passengers

The airline told TTG the move comes in response to its obligations under the new Package Travel Regulations

'Listen to knowledge not ideology' Abta urges govt ahead of Brexit 'crunch time'

Boss Mark Tanzer said many delegates at Abta’s Travel Matters conference were frustrated over “the lack of progress, or clarity” on Brexit

Wizz Air to launch Birmingham-Cluj route

The low-cost carrier says the route will open up Transylvania and create a link between the UK and Romania’s respective second cities

Ryanair crew threaten to walk out alongside pilots

Around 100 pilots have already announced plans for a walk out on July 12, but cabin crew and ground crew could follow

See Heathrow airport fly flag for Pride London

Some 6,000 passengers and staff have contributed their kisses to create a unique version of the iconic Pride flag

Incredible timelapse footage captures Emirates 777 revamp

The airline recently completed its second such reconfiguration, transforming the aircraft from three to two cabin classes.

Its reconfigured aircraft now feature new, wider business class seats in a 2-2-2 format and a new social area in business class, as well as a fully refurbished economy cabin.

Emirates complete he first makeover in March with its eight remaining 777-200LR aircraft to be transformed through mid-2019.

Thomas Cook boosts Cardiff Easter 2019 programme with Enfidha route

Cook says it has added 15,000 seats for Easter/summer 2019 from Cardiff, including a new route to Enfidha in Tunisia

Manchester Airports Group reports growth at all airports

Stansted saw the biggest growth while Manchester handled the most passengers

BA to lay on larger aircraft for England World Cup clash

British Airways will put larger aircraft on its Moscow and St Petersburg routes ahead of England’s crunch World Cup quarter final clash with Sweden on Saturday (July 7)

Government must modernise UK airspace to grow capacity

The government must take responsibility for the skies above us to help growth

Could e-Atols replace paper certificates?

Agents will no longer be responsible for giving out Atol certificates if the CAA goes ahead with provisional plans for an electronic system

Treasury takes APD revenue

Aviation minister Baroness Sugg has admitted that money raised from Air Passenger Duty (APD) goes “directly” to the government’s main bank account

Etihad group undergoes boardroom restructure

The shake up at the top is part of the airline’s ongoing strategy

Couple sent home after 'losing passports' on Tui flight

Tui has urged passengers to be mindful of their travel documents at all times after a couple ’lost’ their passports during a flight to Greece

Virgin Atlantic to close Crawley contact centre placing 150 jobs at risk

The airline says it will consolidate its contact centre operations at a single base in Swansea

Virgin Atlantic to withdraw support for UK deportations

Virgin says it will no longer work with the Home Office to assist forcible deportations following the Windrush scandal and concerns raised by the LGBT community

British Airways trade distributor to offer NDC fares

Agents can buy airline tickets without BA’s distribution charge

Loganair cites Flybe break-up for £9m losses

Managing director Jonathan Hinkles said a price war with the domestic carrier forced fares on competed routes down to ’unsustainable levels’

Jet2holidays lays claim to being largest Madeira tour operator

Some 400,000 Jet2.com seats will be available to the Portuguese island over the next year